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Analyzing issues of biotechnology

Social issues
 Are bioengineered food safe or not – somebody trust it become allergies
 Society’s resources are always limited
 Riske of a technology –mutation and genetic problems of animal clone
 Ethical problems
 Low rate of success – Animal cloning
 Any important question need to be address –
 Who should have access to your genetic information ?
 Should testing for a genetic condition be performed when no treatment is
available?
 Should parents have the right to have their minor children tested for adult onset
diseases?

Policy and bans


 Ban human cloning – when birth of Dolly ban came
 Regulation of different country – United state
 Controlling the research from funding bans –embroyo,IVF,fetal tissues

Biosensor technology
This is techniques of joining of molecular biology and micro electronics. A biosensor is a
detecting device composed of a biological substance linked a transducer
How it works
It produce electrical current proportional to concentration of the substance

Uses

 Measuring nutritional value , freshness and safety of food


 Providing point of care analyses of blood glucose
 Measuring of pollutant

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